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Re: economic systems??



Dan, 
	Not sure I can add much to what I wrote before. If you want to 
live in a society with perpetual inequaltiy with large differences 
between rich and poor and want small numbers of people controlling most 
of the resources, remove all controls and all government programs and let 
"The Market" work its wonders. 
	However, it was in response to the many problems caused by "the 
Market" that that were brought about by the "unregulated" market that 
much of the government farm programs and the anti-poverty programs were 
developed. That some of the programs did not have the intended results is 
certainly true (although some were very successful). However, the forces 
which are now calling for removal of the remaining "fetters" on the 
system are the most powerful and feel quite strongly that they will benefit. 
These social programs have been an attempt to redistribute wealth.And the 
growth of inequality of wealth in the US is most likely a direct response 
to the decrease in the tax "burden" on the wealthy as well as the decrease in 
support for the poor. This growing inequalty, if not reversed, will 
become an major economic and social problem for us. The only way to deal 
with it is to have programs that counter the worst aspects of what The 
Market causes. If some government programs have been lousy, all it means is 
that we need better ones. If you have a plumber do some work in your 
house and he/she messes things up it doesn't mean you give up on plumbing 
or plumbers. 

FRED


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